Sacred realms in virtual worlds: The making of Buddhist spaces in Second Life:
Second Life, a virtual world, has been heralded by some scholars and transhumanists as a sacred, "heavenly" space. Through detailed ethnographic work on Buddhist religious spaces in Second Life, this article argues instead that just as in actual life, virtual life is comprised of both sacr...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Sage
[2019]
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Critical research on religion
Год: 2019, Том: 7, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 147-167 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Second Life
/ Virtual reality
/ Buddhism
/ Space
/ Holiness
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| Индексация IxTheo: | AG Религиозная жизнь BL Буддизм |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Buddhism
B Sacred Space B Digital Religion |
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| Итог: | Second Life, a virtual world, has been heralded by some scholars and transhumanists as a sacred, "heavenly" space. Through detailed ethnographic work on Buddhist religious spaces in Second Life, this article argues instead that just as in actual life, virtual life is comprised of both sacred and profane spaces. By demonstrating different types of Buddhist spaces, community-practice-oriented and individual-practice-oriented, and the meaning that these spaces hold for practitioners, readers come to understand that the sacrality in Second Life is just as contingent and constructed as it is in the actual, physical world. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303219848039 |